Sentences with phrase «lowest election turnout»

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Republicans aren't taking the congressional seat for granted, given the typically low turnout for special elections.

Low voter turnout, 34 %, in the 2012 general election suggests that many voters in the constituency are undeclared or unidentified by the parties.

Voter turnout ranged from a low of 20.4 % in the 2000 Red Deer - North by - election, held to replace PC MLA Stockwell Day who resigned to run for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, to 45.5 % in the 1996 Redwater by - election, held to replace Liberal MLA Nick Taylor who had been appointed to the Canadian Senate.

This estimated 52 percent voter turnout was the second lowest of any Canadian province but an increase of 2.9 percent from the 2008 federal election, according to Elections Canada reports.

The 2008 election saw the lowest voter turnout in Alberta's history, with only 41 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot (CBC.ca, 2008).

Low turnout at Sunday's by - elections showed the city's pro-democracy movement losing traction.

The 2001 election saw the lowest turnout since 1918, and 2005 the second lowest.

For instance, how many California ballot initiatives have been «bought» by some concentrated wealthy interest that spent tons of money to swing a low - turnout election?

An example may be the 2016 US Presidential Election in which Clinton consistently polled above Trump, thus Clinton supporters assume that it's a sure - win for her, resulting in a low turnout rate for Clinton1.

Low turnouts in elections at all levels seemed to indicate, at best, apathy and, at worst, rejection of the main political parties.

The low turnout means that UR actually received 4 million fewer votes in 2016 than in 2011, despite capturing a far greater share of Duma seats in the latest elections.

People needing to be voted in at all different levels, leading to lower voter turnout for non-presidential elections

Turnout could be far lower than it should be for a general election as important as this.

US turnout is overall rather lower than in Britain: the record is in the low to mid-60s for Presidential elections, which is not much higher than the British low - point of 58 % in 2001.

Anyone who follows politics will tell you voter turnout in a primary election is typically low, but Thursday's 7.5 percent voter turnout in the Buffalo - area was among the lowest in recent memory.

Disenfranchisement is a pretty rare political tactic on either the left or the right outside the United States, which has close to the lowest voter turnout rates among places that have genuine democratic elections.

Despite some Republican party activists asserting this is the most important presidential election since George Washington was elected (no, really), voter turnout in several cases was lower than in the 2008 Republican Primary.

It's a position that could play well in a low - turnout Republican primary, but potentially cause serious headaches in a general election match - up in an overwhelmingly blue state.

And as we've seen in lower - turnout elections through the entire 2010 cycle, both special elections and primaries, national money can make a decisive difference: Lisa Murkowski and Mike Castle may be the latest victims, but Scott Brown's win back in January had already shown the way.

Given typical US voting participation rate (shy of 60 % even on high - turnout Presidential elections, never mind other lower turnout elections), finding such a person isn't hard.

And despite her apparently inept campaign Coakley may yet pull off a victory, since like most special elections tomorrow is likely to see a relatively low voter turnout, giving the edge to a candidate able to persuade his or her supporters to actually show up and cast a ballot.

Unlike television commercials, online outreach and online mobilization can be targeted with great precision, making them (as I've argued before) a perfect match for a low - turnout election, particularly when run by the heirs of a team with a track record of knowing how to use them.

McAuliffe and Cuccinelli's particular fight will be over in two months, but 2014 looks right now to be a similar struggle, i.e. more like a typical low - turnout mid-term than 2010's wave election.

The fact that our analysis consistently shows that the error is lower in elections with a high turnout and at the same a huge volume of comments, points in the same direction.

Off - year elections are typically low - turnout, which puts a premium on identifying supporters and getting them off their duffs and actually voting.

And as they prepare this Labor Day weekend to enter the last, frenzied stretch of the nation's premier political contest of 2013, both think that in this low - turnout election, the winner will be the candidate best able to motivate his base.

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

Last fall, Democrats lost control of the Senate and fell further into the minority in the House, but pinned much of the blame on low turnout in the midterm elections.

There are now also indications that students are more likely to be registered at their home rather than their university address, perhaps raising the risk of low turnout at what will be a term time election.

And, he tells the Marist Poll's John Sparks that's because he believes voter turnout will be low in the upcoming midterm elections.

WASHINGTON - With low voter turnout on Long Island expected Tuesday, Rep. Steve Israel announced he would be filing legislation again to switch the federal Election Day from Tuesdays to the weekend.

For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special election, where turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.

Turnout is usually very low in even the hardest - fought special elections, in part because voters simply don't expect polls to be open in April.

It's not particularly surprising to see that seniors made up a disproportionate share of the turnout last year, as they historically represent a large share of the vote in low turnout elections, such as primary and special elections.

But because the measure is a constitutional amendment, Florida law required that it get 60 percent of the vote — and that made it all the more challenging in a midterm election year, when turnout among younger voters is lower.

Turnout is typically very low in even the hardest - fought special elections, in part because voters simply don't expect polling places to be open in April.

Ultimately, the contest may be decided by turnout, which tends to be low in London mayoral elections — between 35 % and 45 %.

Turnout can often be low, particularly when council elections are being held on their own instead of alongside European or general elections.

Democrats are hoping that without a marquee statewide election on the ballot, turnout will be relatively low, giving them a boost.

While that type of system seems preferable in theory, these types of special elections have absurdly low turnout.

Anybody who is thinking about winning the election on the low turnout in Volta region should change their mind,» Mr. Pratt stressed.

Many of the 306 won't vote on 7th May — turnout at the last election was just over 65 per cent and the previous two were lower again.

Ironically were the Conservatives comeback to fail to fire at the local elections the SNP would find it harder to get their vote out come June 8 and a low turnout could actually see more of their seats fall to unionist parties.

Thus, Turkey may come to demonstrate the problems of dual legitimacy that Juan Linz pointed out more than two decades ago, with Erdoğan representing the will of a «people» that form less than half of the electorate, given the low turnout in the presidential election.

Efforts to bring out the vote for a referendum on a state constitutional convention are likely to spike the normally low turnout on Election Day and affect Long Island's closest races.

In 2004, as an accession country, Slovakia recorded the lowest turnout in the history of the European elections (just 17 % of eligible voters).

Labor can provide important organizational support for what could easily be an extremely low turnout election.

Curran is relying on the Nassau Democratic Committee to turn out loyal party voters, who typically have outsized influence in low turnout elections.

In the 2004 and 2009 European elections, voter turnout was much lower, coming in at 82.4 % and 78.8 % respectively — and it is projected to decline further in the 2014 election.

«There's 134,000 more Democrats than Republicans in Erie County so low turnout elections typically favor the Republicans in Erie County,» he said.